diff --git a/xrdb.changes b/xrdb.changes
index 80f38b0..5716b06 100644
--- a/xrdb.changes
+++ b/xrdb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat May  1 18:45:54 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- modernize spec file (move license to licensedir) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 21 11:16:51 UTC 2019 - sndirsch@suse.com
 
diff --git a/xrdb.spec b/xrdb.spec
index 681206c..b82bf05 100644
--- a/xrdb.spec
+++ b/xrdb.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package xrdb
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ Release:        0
 Summary:        X server resource database utility
 License:        MIT
 Group:          System/X11/Utilities
-Url:            http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
-Source0:        http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-BuildRequires:  pkg-config
+URL:            https://xorg.freedesktop.org/
+Source0:        https://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(x11)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xmuu)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xorg-macros) >= 1.8
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xproto) >= 7.0.17
 Requires:       cpp
 # This was part of the xorg-x11 package up to version 7.6
 Conflicts:      xorg-x11 <= 7.6
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
 Xrdb is used to get or set the contents of the RESOURCE_MANAGER property
@@ -46,14 +45,14 @@ root window of any or all screens, or everything combined.
 # Run cpp with "-x assembler-with-cpp" in order to get rid of
 # warnings when parsing valid comments (bsc#1120004)
 %configure --with-cpp="%{_bindir}/cpp -x assembler-with-cpp, /lib/cpp"
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+%make_build
 
 %install
 %make_install
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING README.md
+%license COPYING
+%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog README.md
 %{_bindir}/xrdb
 %{_mandir}/man1/xrdb.1%{?ext_man}